App Store sees 84% surge in new apps as AI coding tools take off

https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/06/app-store-sees-84-surge-in-new-apps-as-ai-coding-tools-take-off/

App Store sees 84% surge in new apps as AI coding tools take off - 9to5Mac

Thanks to the new possibilities afforded by AI coding tools, the App Store is seeing a resurgence in new app submissions.

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30% is a surprising metric because just anecdotally my team's PR submissions have jumped by about the same ratio in the same time frame. (No, I'm not measuring it - I just own a downstream piece and have casually observed its higher rate of use).